Regulatory

The contented purrs of the CEOs that many members of the public and some investors see as overpaid fat cats are turning into angry hisses after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule to force companies to disclose every last cent their executives make, justify their earnings...

On December 20, 2013, the Mexican Constitution was amended to enact comprehensive energy reform, including allowing private investment in the oil and gas sector. On August 12, 2014, a set of regulations intended to implement the constitutional reform came into effect. The regulations consisted of nine new statutes and amendments...

Three men have been charged criminally and civilly for allegedly defrauding investors in a scheme where they sent out e-mails encouraging recipients to buy “penny” stocks whereupon the defendants would confidentially sell their own shares – and made what regulators called “a substantial profit.”

The energy sector's method of preparing for cyber threats and promoting appropriate regulation is instructive in planning for the inevitable "cyber regulation" of other industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and communications. This article discusses the "lessons learned" from the energy sector and helps explain how those lessons could apply to...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has long been one of the most pressing, pervasive and easily botched legal challenges for employers of all kinds. The law, which encompasses sensitive issues from overtime pay to ensuring breaks for nursing mothers and automatic deductions, is easily violated – and a series...